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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-08
ORDINANCE.
Ak nnnIN ANcK-To amend the Police rules and

AN oRprSANcE--To amend the Police rules and
regulations and TO relieve Private e. f. Davis
from the operation of the rule amended.
SECTION !, Be it ordained by the Mayor and AL
dermen OF the city of Savannah. in Council assem-
bled that Rule tie of the police rules aud reg,i-
lations adopted "a the the 18th day OF March,
1880 be so amended as to read as follows:
Policemen wounded or disabled whilst in the
performance OF duty, or made i'll by unusual ex-
posure or service. will receive their pay for the
period thus lost. In ordinary cases of sickness
it shall be discretionary with the Chief OF Po-
lice whether or not TO recommend pay for the
time thus lost, and his recommendation for such
payment shall secure the same II the recon-
mendation IL concurred In by the Police Com
mlttce, but not otherwise. Time lost In every
case shall be 40 stated ON the pay roll.
SEC. 2, BE Il further ordained that the sum OF
twelve dollars and ninety six cents. deducted
from the pay Of Policeman =. +. Davis, shall be
refunded 10 him
SEQ g. That ali ordinances, rules and reRlla-
tious IN conflict with this ordinance arc hereby
repealed.
Ordnance passed Ia Council August 10th, 1887.
RUFUS ~ LISTER, Mayor
Attest FRANK l.. kKnAaER, Clcrb " Council.
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THE WILL OF THOMAS PAINE.
An Interesting Document in the ONCE
OF the Surrogate of New York.
Ntnm IInrner,s IHeeLln.

FROM hufDef5 WeeNW
Tom Paine was ~ years old when he
wrote his will. 1t is dated Jan. is, 1909,
and ne died June of that year. 1t is re-
markable document, and reads for the most
part as follows:
The last viii and Testament Of me, the
subscriber, Thomas Paine, Reposing conf
aence in my Creator, God, and no other
peing, for / know of no other, nor
believe in any other, l. Thomas Paine,
OF the State Of New York, author Of
the work entitled Common Sense written
~ Philadelphia in IT'S, and published in
mat city the beginning of January, l7I6,
which awakened America to a Declaration
81 Independence the Fourth OF July follow
ing, which was as fast as the work could
spread through such an extensive country (:
auuthor also OF the several numbers Of the
american Crisis thirteen In all, pub.
hSncd occasionally during tho procress Of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-08

Young on middle-aged men, suffering
from nervous debility or kindred affections,
should address with Toe. IN stamps for large
treatise. Worlds Dispensary Medical Asso-
citation, 0J3 Main street, Buffalo, y. X.
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HENDERSON. MIC THURSDAY. MARCH "a, 1887
ALL CRIMSON AND GOLD.
Private Theatrical Boxes That Are Sump-
tue as In Their Appointments.


tuoas In Their Appointments.
The person who sits in the auditorium of
the Metropolitan Opera house and looks
around him finds himself encircled by two
tiers of private boxes At least the private
boxes are all that strike him Of his environ
ments. These boxes are alike, as far as shape
and furnishings are concerned. They are
deep, broad and commodious enough. They
were Origin. ally upholstered in yellow velvet,
which gave The: house when it was opened a
most bizarre aspect. Now they are all Grim
son and gold, and the effect is rich and liar-
monious. Some are IL choicer locations than
others, but all are in tbs main mcre private
boxes, such as are familiar adjuncts Of tho
proscenum of any theatre, on.y larger and
more sunptuoIs in their appointments than
most theatrical boxes.
! But behind each Of these boxes is n private
room, tho same size as the boI itself Orig
inally these anteroonls were Etted I'D in k>-,,-
ing with the open section to which they Civo
access. Dut wealth demanded more than
mere richness of them. Taste and tasteless
ness have made great changes i'll the interests
of display, and few, indeed, retain their orig
inal sun,ptuous simplicity. Some box holders
have transformed them into little drawing
rooms, opulent in furnishings and dec0ra-
tions, where pictures adorn the walls and
costly bric-a-brac abound. Some have made
little alteration il their snuggcries, but when
they take party to the opera have them
profusely decorated with flowers. In one
way or another these nooks reflect the tastes
and the habits, tho pretensons and e1trava-
Gances of their owners end are the scene of
many pleasant and some decidedly piGuant
social episodes.
1t has got to be the fashion for ladies TO hold
regular evening levees in their antcroonls at
tie opera. They receive friends in t,,:cI.1, and
retire to them when the act lappc..s 10 be q
dull one. Business men even transact busi-
ness III them. There is a good deal of loud
talking aud i'll bred merrinelt in hebo-zcs
during the performances, but there would be
much more if tho antcroorl3 were ro1 so con-
vcnient. Like every other now toy it chances
upon. society seems to get great deal OF fun
ont of them, and, considering the price it pays,
one can scarcely Grudge it whatever pleasure
it may reap from its investment.-Alfrcd
| Trumbe in New York News
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Adelaide Neil on's Childhood.

a lady prominent in the social life of this
city has in her employ as parlor maid a
woman Efrom little village in Yorkshire,
England, where Adelaide Nielsen was born
The woman says the actress had neither Span
i5h nor Gypsy blood in her vc;ns, as she
claimed but was the child of basket maker,
q poor, drunken fellow, and Yorkshire
woman, decent soul, but wIetchedly poor.
Lizzy JONES' as Miss Nelson was thea known,
was noted III tho village for her beauty and
her ideness. She spent all her time hanging
about the shops and gathering all the news
travellers and peddlers brought from the out
side world. When she was II years old her
uncle was going up to London, and Lizzy
coaxcd him to take her with him in his mar
kct wagon to see the great city. When they
reached London bridge the girl dropped Of
the tail end of tho cart and her family never
heard Of her again until they learned that the
great Adelaide Nelson was their daughter
Lizzy. Only Eve years had passed between
The time that the barefooted country girl
who spoke with strong Yorkshire accent,
had dropped from the back of the cart and
the time when she appeared as Juliet. L;
those five years she had attained the cduca
ton and bearing Of a gcntlewoman and had
mastered French and Italian and the still
more difficult tongue for Yorkshire peasant
pure English. Philadelphia Press.
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Physician and Patient.

The question of how long treatment should
be continued iii neurotic case when no evil
dent benefit is produced has recently been
raised il . Hamburg law court. A medical
man, having as patient merchant suffer-
ing from nervousness" treated him By gal
yanism Altogether he galvanized him 445
tiIncs but the nervousness dill not disappear
Then came the matter of fees. The sum
claimed was 500. The merchant disputed
this Oh the ground that the treatment ought
not have been continued so long. as it wa.
not producing any benefit. The court re-
ferred the matter to the medical board, which
gave as its opinion that the doctor ought tc
have asked the patient after some fifty sit
tings, whether he would like to continue
them, as it was doubtful whether the treat
meat was doing any good. The court, how
ever, declined to accept this view, holding
that it was for the patient to say when he
had tried the treatment as long as he was dis
posed to pay fol- it, and SO gave judgment for
the full amount claimed. This Judgment
seems to accord with the principle that ap-
plies to newspaper subscriptions. A man
must pay for his paper as long as he takes it
from the postottice Lancet.
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The Manicure Club.

Not day passes that some new club Is not
started here. Many of these organizations
live but season and then go to pieces like a
house of cards. Some one with gift for
figures might count up these clubs and ar
range them i'll alphabetical order, for one Of
these times, in after ages archaologists may
wish to know about them, and what do you
suppose they will ever think of the Manicure
club, =" the very last TO be bc-n into the social
circle. if nobody places it on record! This
special club consists of ten members, devoted
to the culture and Improvement of finger
nails, as its name implies. 1t meets once
week, and the prize condition of those 100
finger tips is something for the professional
operator to dream about! After each fair
members nails have been duly examined aud
criticised by the COMMITTEE" paper on the
subject of hands, their care and culture, is
read, and then the club adjourns to a
luncheon that drives filLert nails and Lalf
moons into the background for the time be-
iDg.-Boston Herald.
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Institution of the G.. A. X.

The fact that the Indiana G. A R. ar
nounced its meeting this week as the eighth
annual encampment, while the Illinois en-
campnIent WAS announced as the twenty-frSt,
called out a statement from Maj. o. NJ VIII
son, in which he asserts that the G. 4. R.
was instituted and inauguratcd in Indiarap-
oils in August, 1866, by Gen. Robert s. Fos-
ter, when twelve members were initiated,
among them j. H. Holiday, editor and pro-
prietor Of The Indianapolis News, and c. A
EoilinSer, now pension agent for Indiana.
Cen Foster got the idea from an Illinois
officer named Stephenson, who said he didn't
have money enough to push it, and that Indi-
ana soldiers would take hold of the matter
better those in Illinois At the Pittsburg
convention of soldiers in September, 1866,
Maj. Wilson. rs Gen. Fosters adjutant gen
cral. organized the G. A r in eight stated
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
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ILOVE YOU.
by HARRY W. EMMETT.

Is there music in Heav'n so melodious and
sweet? .... ss....st -r p .- Al r,
Are there cadences softer above YOU?
Is there ever more beauty in angelic praise,
Than the voice of the woman who tenderly
says, r ~
Il love you?'' 49,.
Are there songs more ethereal? or songs
more divine?
Are those songs ever sung far above
you?
Are there chords ever struck more produc-
tive of Joy?
Are there notes ever purer? more free from
alloy,
Than these words from woman SO gentle
and coy,
Il love you?"
Is there bliss more delightful in heavenly
breasts?
Is there happiness stronger above you?
Is the Joy over sinners around that great
Throne
Ever half the sweet rapture that mortals
+ have known
When they hear from the woman they clasp
as their own,
Il love you?" ..-.
Is that life so happy |? so fresh can it be?
Is eternity wakened above you?
Does life beam anew in the far-of blue
skies?
Like life here on earth, when the weary
heart flies
To the woman who VOWS and who proves
till she dies,
81 love you?'
Ay, proves; there's the secret! The hope
upon hope
That belittles all else that's above you:
The thought of a bond that none other can
break;
The thought of dream that allows no
The thought of three words we must never
fOrSake-
Il love you
The love of father is gracious and grand
Instill'd by TIL Almighty above you,
Affection 'twiXt brothers quells many
But, oh for the day, ere the woman be
wife,,
When she softly declares as she gives you
--- II love you!''.
The dear love the streamtet so fresh and SO
cool;
The fow'rs love the sunshine above
You;
The daisies for dewdrops so lovingly yearn,
But naught else in Nature can say in return
Like woman, sweet woman, who lives but
to learn,
Il love you
Oh glorious lesson; no proof is required;
Never, since the Crea ton. above YOU
A feeling of pleasure! a gladstone surprise.
With the words Oh her lips, there Is proof
in her eyes;
Ever since Mother Eve, how she lonSly
az love Won ~
No! There can't be more music; there
can't be more joy;
Such life has no equal above you;
For Love must be Heav'n, and Heav'n
must be here.
And the songs of the angels-sublime and
sincere
Is the voice ever saying, SO sweet and SO
dear,
81 love YOU So
San Francisco Post
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Catching Runaway Boys.

I've captured so many runaway boys at the
Union depot in the last few months that
people have got to thinking it's my speciality
as if policeman could have speciality.
But have got my eyes trained pretty well
by this time to look after runaway boys, and
l 1atter myself that | can tell one Of the
chaps as soon as | see him. You see, the run
away boy is never experienced, either i'll
travelling or any Of the ways of the world,
and be bctrays himself very quickly if lie is
given an opportunity. He generally appears
at the depot in pairs, and if the two don't DO
something very singular i'll buying their
tickets they are certain to tripin finding their
way to the train and getting OH board. Some
they are loaded down with flashy papers or
books, and sometimes they are armed to the
teeth with pistols, as often stolen as bought.
Generally they have their pockets filled with
money, stolen from some relative, and their
destination is almost invariably some western
city. When they find themselves arrested
their courage disappears at once, and one or
the other makes a clean breast Of it.-Gloi'e-
Democrat
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BLOOD e. MONEY.

The blood Of man has iauch to do in
shaping his actions during his pilgrimage
through this troublesome world, regardless
Of the amount Of present or expectant mon
f.v in pocket or stored away in bank. 1t is
A conceded fact that we appear as our blood
makes us, and the purer the blood, the hap
pier, healthier, prettier and wiser we are !;
hence the oft repeated interrogatory, chow
Is vonr blood ~ With pure streams of life
giving fluid coursing through our veins,
bounding through Our hearts and ploughing
through our physical frames, our morals be-
come better, our constitution stronger, our
intellectual faculties more acute and grand
er. and men, women and children happier,
healthier and more lovely.
The unprecedented demand the unparal-
icled curative powers, and the unmist:tkable
proof from those Of unimpeachabIe charac
ter and integrity, point with an unerring
finger to b. b. B.--Botanic Blood Balm
as far the hest, the cheapest, the quickest
and the grandest and most powerful blood
remedy ever before known to mortal man,
in the relief and positive cure of Scrofula,
Rheumatism, 81 in Diseases, all taints of
Blood Poison, Kidney Complaints Old Ul-
GERS and Sores, Cancers. Catarrh, etc.
b. B. B. is only about three years old-a
bibN Ill aye, d grant III pOMSl oht ho lSili-
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such a wonderful showing in its magical
powers in curing and entirely eradicating
the above complaints, and gigantic sales in
the face of frenzied opposition and wonld-be
mOneyed monopolists.
Letters from all points where introduced
are pouring in upon us, speaking in its loud
est praise. Some say they receive more
benefit from one bottle Of B. b. b. than they
have from twenty, thirty and fifty and even
one hundred bottles of boasted decOctlon
of inert and non on-lnedicinal roots and branch
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All who desire full in FORMATIONS abJu.
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Looked Liks the Jack of Spades.

Mrs. English, the mother of Lucille West
ern, an actress of merit and beauty in hei
day, told an incident of her past theatrical
career, in which i certain tragedian, of rather
stout proportions, was the unfortunate hero.
He was playing Macduf to her Lady Mac
beth. The child who played one of tho ap-
partitions which warn Macbeth of Macduff
became very fretful before the curtain went
up, and began to weep copiou~ly. Lucille"
said Mrs. English "brought the child pack
of old cards from the property room and Ell
deavored to keep her interested in them until
it was time for the infant to appear. This is
the ace of spades, this is the king of hearts,
said Lucille, 'and this little fat fellow IS the
jack of spades When it was time for the
npparition to appear the child had finished
its crying spell. Macbeth, beware it re-
cited, Macbeth, beware of'-here she became
confused and looked hopelessly back for as
sistance. The gentleman who was playing
Macduff waved his hands to attract her at
tention and tried to give her the cue by
pointing to himself. In his short kilt, plumcd
bonnet and general rotundity of figure lie had
q most unfortunate effect upon tho infant.
'Oh, yes she said cheerfully, Macbeth be-
ware Of the little man that looks like the jack
of spades .'"-Philadelphia Press.
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The Dnde of Chinatown.

The cynosurc of all eyes was Al Spud, who
has amassed fortune as potato peeler i'll
one OF our leading hotels, and who is the &C.
knowledged dude of Chinatown. As Spud
stood i'll the center of a group Of Chinese
dudes, elIvious Glances were cast at his COS
tune. Under his silken blouse he wore Il
spotted piquet shirt of the latest style affectet
by society young men, and this was the cause
of tie jealousy in his rivals. All Spud ex-
planned that there were but two shirts Of the
pattern worn by him in the state.-Sen Fran
cisco Chronicle
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A Glimpse at the Gar.

The reserve which for many reasons was
forced upon the present car while yet heir
apparent seems to have grown into a settled
habit. In society, during the st. Petersburg
season, which, however, plainly bores him as
much as it visibly delights the empress, there
is nothing more striking than his majesty's
mild and severe look at one and the same
time 1t is curious in this connection that
among all bis portraits painted since his acces
sion there is no uniform and settled stamp OF
exrS sion given te the face. For some time
past, however, the gloomy cloud that used to
hang about the brow long after the terrible
death of his father has been gradually wear
ing away In order to be seen perfectly at
his ease, he should be observed with his child
rem in the grounds of Gatschina, where he is
much moro at home than in st. Petersburg.
His physical strength, it is said, fully accords
with his enormous size of body and limb, and
one often hears it said that he can easily
break an o'dinary horseshoe with bare hands.
OF one thing there can be little doubt, and
that is certainly his tenacity and obStinacy Of
opinion and purpose--St. Petersburg Cor.
London Times.
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A Tenor and His Throat.

Niemann, the illustrious tenor, prefers
to expose his throat to the cold air and
to promen;.le in the streets, after singing
a laborious role rather than to mnffie his
neck and 60 home in close carriage. The
cold air serves his larynx as tonic, and the
prime donne who are afraid of it make
mistake, he thinks-Public Opinion.
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ARRAY OF EMPTY BENCHES.

By7 p m, or a little after, as general rule,
nearly all the members have gone TO dinner,
and the chamber presents beggarly array of
empty benches TO these empty benches and
to the weary speakers the bores and wind
bags hold forth for three mortal hours. The
period from to 10 is generally sacred to
them. They have nothing to say and they
say it very badly. You have read or heard
all the old dreary arguments hundred times
over; but these men bring them out as i'm
rrcssively as though they were stating new
ideas of the most profound nature There is
no time limit to speeches in the house of
commons; and it is possible that this whole
three hours might be taken up by one bore,
though that is not often the case. At about
8 O'Clock there is usually brief cessation
when the speaker goes cut for refreshment
(Which is popularity supposed to con-
sist Of a mutton chop and glass Of
caret; on his return the droninG con-
ti:Iues. AT about 10o'cioc!l p. H. the members
begin to drop in, several of them in evening
dress. If good speaker is Oh his legs this is
Il lively time; if not, several OF the gentlemen
who have eaten and drank not wisely bHt too
well &C to sleep. Some time between midnight
and O'Clock III the morning the debate is
either adjourned generally after a wranGlc),
or there is division; then, as the newspaI,e-
say, @the remaining motions are disposed of
and the house adjouTns."
OF the house Cf lords | viii say nothing; it
is too terrible Il theme. y dozen peers and
three or four bishops sitting for an hour con
stitute the nominal SESSION OF that boIy
What / have written is of the popular
house. On that chamber decrcpitutic seems to
have fallen. The visitor is struck by its liz
less ways. With few exceptions the mem
bers do not seem to have gathered together to
do anything: the nations business is not
transacted here You meet several good and
earnest men. very few able men; but col
lectively they appear to 1De helpless And SO
Things are drifting, drifting WHITTIER, who
knovs.-London Cor. New York Commercial
Advertiser.
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Rrosidont Rarrins. SON.

Tony Bar1-ios, son of the late president
of Guatemala, is student at West Point,
and young Zarala, son Of the man who over
threw and caused the death of President
Barrios. is also at West Point and his class
mate. E
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The grave cf Capt. Crawford, who was shot
by Mexican troop while leading his com
inand in pursuit of Geronimo last summer, Is
70 have monument
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ENGLISH PARLIAMENT.
THE MOST CELEBRATED REPRE-
SENTATIVE BODY IN THE WORLD.

What May be Seen by Visitor In the
Gallery-How business is Conducted.
No Limit to the Length of Speeches.
Mr.. Gladstone the Chief Magnet.
A visitor goes down to Westminster, let US
say on Monday, when the house of commons
is to meet, at pm inommally), in order to
sec the Oldest and most celebrated representa-
tive body in the wo.,d. After being clbowed
about among the strangers (as the British
public are officially designated in what is
supposed by polite fiction to be their house,
and ordered about by policemen who look at
him as though he was spy or a traitor, the
visitor takes his seat i'll the gallery and
glances down into the arena. 1t is pm,
and the speaker is in his chair, but there are
fc~ members present, ard nothing seems TO
be doing. After while the visitor becomes
aware of r. dumb show going OLA sort OF
pan:omime in which the chief performers are
q clerk in wig and gown at tho table and
a gentleman who stands at tho right Land
side of that piece of fcrpturo 1t is the read
ing of the private bills. If any of these
should be opposed, members viii Cock i'll, and
there will be a debate and divisrcl. But
otherwise the chamber will be almost empty.
Gradually members come struggling in and
take their seats. There is scarcely roota in
the body of the chamber for two-thirtls of tie
members, and therefore as the benches ill up
the late arrivals take their places in the side
galleries, whence they survey the scene.
There are no convcnienccs for writing or
taking notes, and as nearly every one has his
hat on, less businesslke working body it
would be difficult to imagine OF describe. 1t
is moro than 4:30 O'clock before the real busi-
ness begins, for these gentlemen who arc sup
J posed to be devoting themselves to the servico
of their country are really engaged during
the working part of the day OH their private
affairs. Their best energies are given to tue
stock exchange, or the law courts, or the
Office, or to pleasure; the dregs they kindly
/ offer to the unfortunate country. ...-